Historians for Peace
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Dear H-PAD members and friends, It has been a tumultuous but fruitful year since our May 28, 2019 National Strategy Meeting of Historians, and we want to catch up with you. Since 2017, we have focused on the profound danger posed by the Trump Administration, converting what was Historians Against the War to Historians…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Trump’s Little Big Horn: In the War on Coronavirus, We needed an Eisenhower; We Got Custer” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted May 24 Uses the Allies’ strategy in building toward D-Day to critique Trump’s lack of a plan regarding Covid-19. The author teaches history at the University…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “From Black Death to Fatal Flu, Past Pandemics Show Why People on the Margins Suffer Most” By Lizzie May, Science, posted May 14 This article, in a prestigious science journal, summarizes a great amount of historical data on the differential impact of infectious diseases. “Nurses on the Front Lines:…
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Dear Members and Supporters of H-PAD, Please consider signing the statement below that James Green who teaches Latin American history at Brown University is circulating as part of the US Network for Democracy in Brazil. To do so, send your name and affiliation to James_Green@brown.edu. Thanks, Marc Becker Professor of History Truman State University No…
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Note: Today is the 50th anniversary of the killing of four students at Kent State University by the Ohio National Guard. A commemoration that would otherwise have been held on the Kent State campus has been changed to a virtual observance that should be available for at least the next week at www.kent.edu/may4kentstate50. Thanks to…
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H-PAD encourages all who support this petition to sign it and share it. Margaret Power and Van Gosse, Co-Chairs Dear Friends, Please consider signing the COVID-19 Global Solidarity Manifesto (below and https://forms.gle/h8R5LYNWXyivwjBn9). A group of around 50 people from more than 12 countries drafted the Manifesto in recent weeks. We will launch the Manifesto Friday, May 1, and…
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My Dear Friends: I’m writing because I’m concerned with the devastating impact of COVID 19 on institutions of higher education, as I’m sure you are too. Events are moving quickly, and currently there are several institution-based, profession-based, union-based, and student-based efforts to address the crisis. But there has not yet been a comprehensive united call for…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Minorities, Native Peoples, the Poor, and Infectious Diseases from Columbus to Caronavirus” By Walter G. Moss, History News Network, posted April 26 The author is an emeritus professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. “History Should Have Taught Us Not to Believe the Quinine Drug Hype” By Andrew Goss,…
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Dear Members and Supporters of H-PAD, We hope that you are doing as well as possible in these exceedingly difficult times. We hope you will take a moment to read, sign, and share the petition below from H-PAD's Immigrant Rights Working Group. DACA Petition Among the many hardships wrought by the current pandemic, the Covid-19 outbreak has…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Dr. Fauci and My Mom" By Molly Ladd-Taylor, Nursing Clio, posted April 14 A short article – a historian's personal story from the 1980s. The author teaches history at York University in Toronto. "The Other Pandemic" By Alan M. Kraut, History News Network, posted April 12 On the scapegoating…